in south korea. president biden will tour a samsung facility. president biden said i m on my first trip to asia as president to strengthen alliances and partnerships and working with fellow democracy to shape the rules of the road for the 21st century. the president lands as soaring gas prices hit a new daily record high. new numbers released $4.59 for gallon of regular gas, that is up 1 cent from yesterday. the house voted thursday to prevent price gouging. members want to place the blame on russia. you can think the activity of vladamir putin for invading ukraine and pulling oh, nonsense. with all due respect, that is utter nonsense. griff: others refusing to believe the pain being felt at the pump. americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events making things difficult. you are unwilling to say gas prices are too high. we re doing all we can, senator. griff: not the only mounting crisis the president left
past 11 days in a row. american families forced to spend an average of $5,000 a year on gas compared to $2800 a year ago. interior secretary deb holland refusing to concede it is too big a burden to bear. americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events that are making things difficult for all of us. so it sounds like you are unwilling to say that gas prices are too high. we re doing all we can, senator. dana: grady trimble is following the story from chicago. good morning. good morning. gas prices are expected to keep rising this summer so when interior secretary deb holland wouldn t acknowledge in that hearing that gas prices right now are too high, it certainly raised eyebrows. we re doing all we can, senator, production on federal lands is up. it s a 45% increase from 2020. that s new drilling. that s up. but the production is also up. it s at an all-time high. president biden is allowing drilling on federa
john: america reports, waiting for a federal judge s ruling on the fate of title 42. decision could come down any minute as border states brace for a bigger crisis if the trump era immigration order is allowed to expire on monday. i m john roberts. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra smith. border areas are seeing a big surge in activity in anticipation of the title 42 decision in the del rio sector in texas, 1800 migrants in 24 hours. a large number of those people were single adults. that s the migrant demographic that is likelyest to be expelled under title 42. john: texas governor abbott says it will only get worse. it would surpass the population of houston if title 42 is not renewed. 18,000 pouring into border states every day. bill joins us from the border in eagle pass, texas. what are you seeing there? john, good afternoon to you. del rio sector getting hammered with activity, nearly 2,000 illegal crossings in just 24 hours, an
For the american people? carley: the president is expected to sign the american aid bill on his trip to asia. todd: two killed in downtown chicago overnight. this happening just blocks from the magnificent mile shopping district. the suspect is in custody. we ll monitor the story and bring details. carley: i have an apartment in chicago, my husband primarily lives and works there. when you hear downtown, you are not sure what area, magnificent mile is one of the nicest areas in chicago. it is a tale of two cities where the south side is riddleed with gang violence and crime and the north side a much different story. the south side is getting worse and the safer area is becoming a really dangerous place, as well. todd: increasingly as we go through 2022, coming out of 2021
A year ago but here in the downtown area across the board crimes are up. as of this past weekend shootings in the 18th district are up 225% and just a few blocks over in district one. hoemd to the magnificent mile shootings are up 129%. murders up from one at this point last year to four and burglaries, thefts, carjackings up over 100%. this crime wave downtown is having an impact on businesses. just yesterday chicago billionaire ken griffin, outspoken about the city s failure to address crime told bloomberg he is close to moving his company because of the crime happening around their downtown office saying we re getting to the point if things don t change, we re gone. things aren t changing. if griffin does pull out of chicago it would be another high-profile blow to the city a